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Post-medieval small finds and their contribution to our understanding of the pastPortable Antiquities Scheme and Finds Research Group conference

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Once given little consideration by most archaeologists, post-medieval material was the ‘stuff machined through’ to get to the ‘interesting layers’ below.

However, thanks to changing attitudes among archaeologists and also a growing dataset of finds recovered by metal-detectorists and others now being recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme, there is increasing awareness of the importance of post-medieval finds for understanding the past.